All that can be implemented together as part of the brain is governed by different. Yes, the brain has many parts that have different functions. Broadly speaking, the brain is divided into three parts, namely a large brain (cerebrum), cerebellum (cerebellum), and brain stem (brain stem). Each section is divided again into sections smaller, smaller, and smaller again. Interstellar space is filled with the liquid part of the brain (cerebrospinal fluid), while the exterior is protected by three layers of the lining of the brain (meninges) plus skull.
Like parts of another body, the brain can be affected by tumors or cancer. The difference is, if the other body parts sometimes benign tumors do not interfere and harmless, benign tumors in the brain also can be very disturbing and endangering lives.
A large part of the brain that the body has a regulatory function different makes tumors and brain cancer have a very varied symptoms. Symptoms that appear depend on which part of the brain tumors arise.
Dr. Japardi Iskandar explains common symptoms of cancer and brain tumors are as follows:
General cerebral symptoms
May be mild mental changes (psychomotor asthenia), which can be perceived by the patient's family include: irritability, emotional instability, forgetfulness, slowing of mental and social activities, loss of initiative and spontaneity, may be found anxiety and depression. These symptoms went progressive and can be found in 2 / 3 cases.
Head Pain
An estimated 1% cause headache is a brain tumor and 30% of a brain tumor early symptoms are sore head. Meanwhile, more symptoms were found 70% of cases. The nature of head pain varies from mild and episodic to severe and throbbing, typically gain weight at night and on waking in the morning and in the circumstances which occur high intracranial pressure elevation. The existence of headache with psychomotor asthenia have suspected a brain tumor.
Vomiting
There are at 30% of cases and generally meyertai headache. More often found in tumors in the posterior fossa, most are projectile vomiting and was accompanied by nausea.
Seizures
Seizures can be a revival of the early symptoms of brain tumors in 25% of cases, and more than 35% of cases at an advanced stage. An estimated 2% of the rise of seizures are a brain tumor.
Need suspected cause is the rise of a brain tumor seizure if:
- Rise of the first seizure at the age of more than 25 years
- Experiencing post iktal paralysis
- Experiencing the status of epilepsy
- Resistant to epilepsy drugs
- Resurrection is accompanied by symptoms of other intracranial high pressure.
Seizures rise 70% found in brain tumors in the cortex, 50% of patients with astrositoma, 40% in patients with meningioma, and 25% in glioblastoma multiforme.
Symptoms of High intracranial pressure (TTIK)
Form of headache complaints in the frontal and occipital areas that arise in the morning and evening, projectile vomiting and decreased awareness. On examination found papil udem. This situation needs immediate action because each threat can occur when herniation. Moreover, it can be found by parese N. VI VI by teregangnya N. TTIK. Tumors often give TTIK symptoms without focal symptoms or lateralisasi is meduloblatoma, spendimoma of ventricle III, haemangioblastoma cerebellum, and craniopharingioma.
In addition to the above general symptoms there specific symptoms based on the location and function of the brain that was attacked. Include:
Frontal lobe tumors:
- Changes in behavior and personality
- Reduction in the ability assess something
- Decrease the power of smell
- Decrease memory
- Paralysis on one side of the body
- The decline of mental function / cognitive
- Reduction of vision and eye nerve inflammation
Tumors in the parietal lobe:
- Reduction in the ability to speak
- Not able to write
- Not able to recognize someone
- Seizure
- Disorientation space
Tumors in the occipital lobe:
- Loss of vision in one or both eyes
- Seizure
Temporal lobe tumors:
- Reduction in the ability to speak
- Seizure
- Sometimes no symptoms at all
Posterior fossa tumors:
- Disturbance walk
- Nyeri head
- Vomiting
Tumors in Cerebello Pontin Angie:
- Hearing loss
Brain stem tumors:
- Changes in behavior and emotional (more sensitive, easily offended)
- It's hard to talk and swallow
- Drowsiness
- Headache, especially in the morning
- Loss of Hearing
- The weakness of the nerves on one side of the face
- The weakness of the nerves on one side of the body
- Uncontrollable Movement
- Loss of vision, the eyelids closed, crossed, etc..
- Vomiting
Brain tumors in the membrane:
- Headache
- Loss of hearing
- Disturbance talk
- Inkontinensi (inability to control urination / large)
- Mental and emotional disturbances (apathy, anarchists, etc.)
- Drowsiness prolonged
- Seizure
- Loss of vision
Pituitary gland tumors:
- Stopping of menstruation (amenorrhea)
- Producing milk
- Impotence
Tumors in the hypothalamus:
- Disorders of sexual development in children
- Little
- Stopping of menstruation (amenorrhea)
- Fluid and electrolyte disorders
Tumors in the ventricle:
- Hydrocephalus
- Stiff neck
- Head tilted
- Sudden head pain
- Blurred vision
- The decline of consciousness
Despite having one or more symptoms as above only, not necessarily a tumor or brain cancer. To ensure that need to be direct examination by a specialist (surgeon) nerve and further investigation such as CT scans, MRI, angiogram, myelogram, spinal tap, and biopsy
